How to pronounce Peshawar?

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Pronunciation of Peshawar in Aldershot, UK

pish - Ah - wur

pish = 'dish'

Ah - like vowel in standard English (not American) word 'aunt'

wur - 'w' is somewhere between English v and w and the final 'r' is pronounced as a flap, rather like the Scottish 'word' without the final 'd'



Type of Name:

Capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, N-W Pakist

Language:

Urdu

Meaning:

First coming (first place reached from Afghanistan (ie from the west)

Additional Information:

This is the Pakistani pronunciation (I lived there for 13 years)


Comments:

Pronunciation of Peshawar in Aldershot, UK

Peshawar is pronounced as pih sh AH w er r

sh is pronounced as sh in ship
ah is pronounced as a in car
w is pronounced as w in win
er is pronounced as ur in hurt
r is pronounced as r in rat


Peshawar is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ pih sh AH w er r ]

sh AH w er r
ship car win hurt rat


Type of Name:

Capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, N-W Pakist

Language:

Urdu

Meaning:

First coming (first place reached from Afghanistan (ie from the west)

Additional Information:

This is the Pakistani pronunciation (I lived there for 13 years)


Comments:

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